The demand for electricity in Italy grows in November. According to surveys by Terna, the company that manages the national electricity grid, last month electricity demand in Italy was 25,7 billion kWh, an increase of 0,9% compared to the same month of the year? last.
However, the situation changes if we purge the data of the joint effect of temperature and calendar. In fact, in this case the demand for electricity in November decreased by 0,6%: compared to the corresponding month of 2014. This year, November had one more working day (21 vs 20) and an average monthly temperature of about two degrees Celsius lower.?
In the first eleven months of the year, electricity demand in Italy increased by 1,6% compared to the corresponding period of 2014. With the same calendar, the figure increased by 1,4%.?
In November, 81,1% of the demand for electricity was met with domestic production and the remainder (18,9%) with the balance of electricity exchanged with foreign countries.
The maximum power requested in November was 52.224 megawatts, a value that Terna recorded on Wednesday 25 at 18 and is +2,8% higher than the figure recorded at the peak of the corresponding month of the previous year.
